The life of a ballet dancer is full of sacrifices, and sacrificing time with family is no exception. When Maria Kochetkova graduated from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, she knew she was considered too short for the company. She would soon have to leave her family and dance abroad. “It was hard to realize that there […]
Much like everything else this year, the XVI Russian Open Ballet Competition Arabesque-2020 was unlike any in its three-decade history. Rescheduled and shortened because of the coronavirus pandemic—and on the brink of cancellation until the very last moment—the competition nevertheless took place October 24 to November 2 at the historic Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre. […]
This hasn’t been an easy week for San Francisco Ballet: Last weekend the city’s mayor ordered that the War Memorial Performing Arts Center cancel all performances through March 20 to prevent the spread of COVID-19, thus halting SFB’s run of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. So it’s no surprise that major news regarding two of SFB’s […]
At this point, you’d think we’d all be used to the level of technical absurdity Daniil Simkin achieves when he’s playing around in the studio. But then he did this: Login • Instagram …and now we’re low-key appalled in the absolute best way. After we picked our jaws up from the floor, we were inspired […]
When you hear names like Maria Kochetkova, Sutton Foster and Robbie Fairchild, you immediately picture flashes of them as the fully-formed, phenomenal performers they are today. But even when they were kids, they had a glimmer of their future star power, giving a glimpse of what was to come. Thankfully for Instagram, we’ve got the […]
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. Wendy Whelan Returns to the Stage This week, New York City Ballet associate artistic director Wendy Whelan joins celebrated cellist Maya Beiser onstage at Jacob’s Pillow in THE DAY, choreographed by postmodern icon Lucinda Childs. Exploring memory and resilience, this multi-genre collaboration […]
Inside the sky-lit Studio 1 at Staatsballett Berlin, Frank Andersen is just like a kid in a candy store as he leads an Act I rehearsal for August Bournonville’s La Sylphide. Passing gleefully from dancer to dancer, he assigns each with a specific story to tell. “Whatever you do,” he tells Alicia Ruben, a Berlin-born […]
Dance Magazine has just announced their annual “25 to Watch” picks and we naturally went straight to the ballet people. The 2019 list includes up-and-coming dancers, choreographers and companies, and you may even see a few familiar faces from Pointe’s 2018 “Stars of the Corps.” You can check out Dance‘s full list here. In the […]